BJP 'flogging dead horses' of Bofors: Congress

Men sit under a banner carrying a portrait of chief of India's Congress party Sonia Gandhi outside the Congress office in New Delhi May 16, 2014. Counting of votes began on Friday after India's mammoth election, which could usher in the most profound economic change in a generation if opposition leader Narendra Modi wins a clear mandate for his agenda to revive growth and create jobs. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3PEHK

The Congress on Wednesday hit back at the BJP for raising the Bofors issue, saying that the ruling party was "flogging dead horses".

Chief Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted, "BJP is clutching at straws to save Shah-Zada. 'Beta Bachao Abhiyan' won't succeed by flogging dead horses of Bofors by discredited ministers."

His tweet came hours after Union minister Smriti Irani sought to put the Congress in the dock on the Bofors issue, citing claims of a private detective Michael Hershman involved in its probe.

The minister asked the Congress to come clean on the involvement of its leaders in the alleged Bofors scam.